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About Cashmere Home and Cashmere Heights Home
Cashmere Home and Cashmere Heights Home have a relaxed, yet vibrant and engaging atmosphere. Residents tell us they enjoy the home-like environment, strong community connections, and fantastic recreation programme – Cashmere is known for its fantastic cultural days and special events.
Cashmere Home offers rest home, health recovery, and respite care while Cashmere Heights Home provides dementia level care.
At Enliven, we create age-friendly communities where people are happy and thrive regardless of their age or ability. As well as providing day-to-day support and clinical care, we take into account the physical, social, emotional, and cultural needs of each person we support.
Our elder-directed philosophy means we put residents at the heart of everything we do. When you or your loved one moves into an Enliven home, you’re joining a unique and special community. This means we work to ensure the elders of Cashmere Home and Cashmere Heights Home have companionship, variety and spontaneity, fun, meaningful activity, and purpose in their lives. It ensures that elders are involved in decisions that relate to both their personal wellbeing and what happens at their home.
Our staff are not only highly trained, they’re also friendly, caring and embrace our elder-directed philosophy of care. Our nurses are on-duty 24-hours-a-day, and the doctor also visits regularly. We are in regular contact with residents to ensure all clinical needs are met.
As an Enliven home, we’re proud to be more than just ‘family friendly’. At Cashmere, your family is part of our family, which means you’ll find there are no set visiting times. After all, family, friends, and the community play a big part in life here.
Care Offering
Cashmere Home and Cashmere Heights Home provides a range of care offerings and services. If you are unsure which type of care is right for you or your loved one or would like to learn more about key terms and concepts, explore Eldernet's Knowledge Lab.
Rest Home
Available
Dementia
Available
Areas of Expertise
- Oxygen Management
- End of Life/Palliative Care
- Wound Care
- Diabetic Care
- Continence Advice
- Infection Control
- Clinical Management
Availability
Yes we have availability
Updated:
8 Dec 2025
Short Term / Respite
We are currently not accepting short stay admissions
Premium Accommodation Charges
From $20 up to $30 /day
Regulatory Information
Ministry of Health Certified
Yes
Contract with Health New Zealand Te Whatu Ora
Yes
Availability
Yes we have availability
Updated:
8 Dec 2025
Short Term / Respite
We are currently not accepting short stay admissions
Premium Accommodation Charges
From $20 up to $30 /day
Regulatory Information
Ministry of Health Certified
Yes
Contract with Health New Zealand Te Whatu Ora
Yes
Care Features & Services
Residents at Cashmere Home and Cashmere Heights Home have access to care, services, and activities that promote wellbeing, this is underpinned by our trust and reputation. Explore our offerings below, for more information on care homes and what they offer explore Eldernet's Knowledge Lab.
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Registered Nurse
Healthcare Assistants/Caregivers
Physiotherapist
Occupational Therapist
Activities Co-ordinator
Hairdresser
Podiatrist
Dietitian
Accredited Visitors
Kaumatua
Chaplain/Spiritual Advisor
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Languages Spoken
Cantonese
Chinese
Chinese dialect
Fijian Indian
Filipino
German
Gujarati
Hindi
Hokkien
Indonesian
Interpreter
Malay
Mandarin
Samoan
Sri Lankan
Tagalog
Tamil
Thai
Tokelauan
Tuvalu
Religious/Spiritual Affiliations
Anglican
Baptist
Christian
Methodist
Presbyterian
Roman Catholic
(Other comments)
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May Bring Own Furniture
Single Rooms
Rooms suitable for a couple
Ensuite
Alcohol Permitted
Pets In Residence
Negotiate To Bring Own Pet
Phone Access In Own Room
Wifi
Lounges/seating areas
Primary Health Funded Short Term Care
Day Programme for day stay clients
Outings
Māori Kaupapa
Family Committee
Newsletter
Policy for management of challenging behaviour
Confused Residents
Smoking Permitted
Semi-Secure
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Aged Care Association New Zealand (ACA)
New Zealand Council of Christian Social Services (NZCCSS)
Retirement Villages Association of New Zealand [Inc] (RVA)
Spark of Life
The Eden Alternative
Other details
Other Key Information
It's not unusual to want to know more about payments and meals. We also invite you to explore the special features and activities we offer. If you have any other questions, please reach out, we’d love to hear from you!
Details about meals
Each day we provide our residents their breakfast, lunch, dinner, dessert and snacks. We’ll make sure you always have plenty of delicious food to enjoy. Our menus are co-designed by a dietician and chef to ensure there is plenty of diversity and that your meals are nutritious and satisfying, made right on-site. We encourage you to enjoy your meals in the dining room with your friends. Morning and afternoon tea is served around the home and snacks and fruit are always available in the dining room or kitchenettes.
Special features
Cashmere Home is a fully registered Eden Alternative home – one of just a few in New Zealand.
That means we operate a truly elder-directed philosophy of care that ensures elders at Cashmere Home have companionship, variety and spontaneity, fun, meaningful activity and purpose in their lives. It ensures that elders are involved in decisions that relate to both their personal wellbeing and what happens at their home. Residents are supported to maintain their independence and routines, and to continue with hobbies, interests and passions, in a way that’s right for the individual.
Interests & activities
A highlight for many residents is the social life and companionship at Cashmere Home.
As well as enjoying the company of others at a similar stage of life, Cashmere Home residents get involved in organising daily happenings and special events – making the most of the varied social calendar.
We have a wide range of interest groups. Regular activities and events include sight-seeing trips, a men’s club, guest entertainers, craft, themed parties and gardening.
Interests and activities:, Activity programme, Advocate, Art, BBQ, Big print books, Bingo, Board games, Bridge, Canine friends, Cards, Care and Craft, Children, Church, Classical Music, Concerts, Cooking, Craft, Dancing, Email, Entertainers, Entertainment, Exercises, Fax, Flower arranging, Games, Garden, Gardening, Happy Hour, Housie, Indoor Games, Jigsaw, Library, Mah Jong, Men, Minibus, Movies, Music, Newspaper reading, Organ, Outings, Parties, Pastoral care, Pianist, Reading, Shopping, Sing-a-longs, Singing, Vegetarian
Location
51 and 16 Helston Road, Johnsonville, Wellington 6037Public Transport
0.00 km
The bus stops right outside Cashmere
Shops
1.50 km
Mall
1.50 km
Johnsonville Mall
Parks
2.00 km
Library
2.00 km
Johnsonville library
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Eldernet Knowledge Lab
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